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gal·li·gas·kins (gal′i gas′kinz)

plural noun

  1. loosely fitting breeches worn in the 16th and 17th cent.: later applied humorously to any loose breeches
  2. Brit., Dialectal leggings or gaiters

Etymology: altered < Fr garguesque < OFr greguesque < It grechesca < Grechesca, Grecian (hence, orig., “Grecian breeches”)

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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